Thomas manahan



(No Model.) 8 T. MANAHAN.

SHEATHING PAPER.

No. 888,700. Patented Aug. 28, 1888.

Z8 ma m a y 1i J my UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

THOMAS MANAHAN, OE NEW YORK, N. Y.

SH EATHlNG-PAPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 388,700, dated August28, 1888 Application filed June 7, 1888. Serial NoA 276,372. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom i may concern:

Be it known'that I, THOMAs MANAHAN, a citizen of the United States.residing at New York, in the county andA State of New York, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in SheathingP-aper, of which thefollowing is a specication.

This invention relates to sheathing andy lines C, arranged at uniformdistances apart,

their distances apart being greater or less, as may be desired in anyparticular case. The lines may be of any color which is desired or issuitable for thepurpose; but I prefer a color for the lines differingfrom the color of the body of the paper, so as to give prominence to thelines and make them easily discernible to the Workman. These lines areuseful as guide-lines to carpenters and builders by guiding them indriving nails to fasten the sheathing in straightlines along the beams,timbers, and joists over and upon which the sheathing is applied andused, and which the sheathing so covers and excludes from view as torequire the carpenter,when applying the plain sheathing heretoforeemployed, to find and trace the beams and joists by feeling on thesurface of the paper for, and so guessing, their direction and location.This difficulty the guide-lines upon the surface ofthe sheathingObviate, for by placing the guide-lines at the end of the timbers orbeams a straight course is directed by the lines, thus enabling thecarpenter to follow the timbers and beams by aid of the lines and todrive his nails straight along the same. The guide-lines beingstraight,the carpenter in laying the sheathing is enabled to ing placedori" a roof, its guiding-lines affording to the carpenter unerringinstructions where to drive the fasteningnails, thus obviously enablinghim even to drive the nails into the rafters by following theguide-lines ofthe sheathing, although the rafters are concealed by theroofing-boards.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

Building and sheathing paper whose surface is provided with nail-guidelines C, substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses. n

THOMAS MANAHAN. `[E s.]

Witnesses:

J. VAN SANTVOORD, E. F. KASTENHUBER.

